There is a gap between belief and practice. Christian faith has often focused on orthodoxy, or right belief. And orthodoxy is important, because what we believe about God and about Jesus Christ impacts the way in which we live out the Gospel and this Kingdom life. But orthodoxy is only useful insofar as we bridge the gap between belief and practice, if our right beliefs change who we are and transform us. Believing in Jesus Christ is important, but "to believe in something is to act as if it is true."

Belief in Christ must lead to life transformation. It must lead to acting out the Way of Jesus or it is not true belief. Jesus doesn’t just want us to call him Lord, as though that were his name; rather he wants us to give him lordship over our lives. We are not called to be mere believers; we are called to be faithful followers, to be those who do the will of the Father, to be disciples of the Rabbi Jesus.